Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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inn!!! 5143 jfs... 'iiigg . 'kts To be, or not to be . . . what? ENGLISH In recent years, Yeshiva's English curriculum has undergone relatively little change. Instruction in grammar, vocabulary, and composition is geared to the students' indi- vidual needs such that the best possible results are achieved on the College Boards and Regents Examination by the senior year. Concurrently, the student is afforded an en- riched literature program including the study of Greek and Roman mythology in the freshman year, divers readings in the sophomore year, and American and English literature respectively in the junior and senior years. Variations in the course from year to year are subject to the teacher's individual taste, for he enjoys carte blanche in choosing literature for outside reading, This may include poetry, essays, short stories, and any of the great novels of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. An intensive study is usually reserved for Shakespeares major plays. By the time the average student has completed the four year English program, he is well prepared to meet the advanced requirements of a College English course. MR. E. BLOOM MR. L. COHEN QV MR. R. BERNSTEIN 'e f ,S MR. RACHLIN l 'ipx gf RABBI N. GOLDSTEIN MR. KLEIN MR. A. SHAPIRO RABBI L. DULITZ

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RABBI M. RAPPS A typical TJ. class RABBI M. BOHRER The faculty of the Jewish Studies Department is faced with the dual responsibility of instilling in their students an understanding of Torah and Judaism and guiding them through the complex problems which confront, the modern day jew. There are two separate programs of Jewish learning: the Talmud Department and the Hebrew Depart- ment. The former, known as T.A., devotes its entire morning session to the study of Talmud. T.A. students are also required to take an afternoon course in Hebrew language and grammar. The Hebrew Department, or T.I., divides the morning into two parts: one is de- voted to Talmudic studies while the other is devoted to Hebraic stud- ies which include Tanach, jewish history, and Hebrew literature. An ever-increasing number of the faculty are graduates of Yeshiva Uni- versity and are consequently well qualified to teach the future leaders of the American-jewish community. RABBI S. SLADOWSKY RABBI SCHWARTZ RABBI M. GORDON RABBI J. URIVETSKY RABBI 1. SUNA RABBI L. BERNSTEIN

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MR. H. FRIED DR. S. CHARLES MR. E. CLEMENT MR. H. SCHOFFEL RABBI ZIONS The Ides of March presentation LANGUAGE In the last half century, with the advent of the airplane, radio, and television, the world has shrunk greatly in distance. Yet, the distance between peoples and ideas is still too great for a world where misunderstandings can easily become catastrophes. Now, more than ever before, it is important to reach one's fellow human being and to communicate with him in the language he understands, his language. Our foreign language department, under the able guidance of Mr. H. Fried, has flourished in the Hfty-year history of our school. The languages offered range from ancient Latin to modern French and Spanish. At one time German was also taught but it was discontinued in the 194O's. All students now take the language of their choice in the junior and senior years. Hebrew is taken all four years and thereby satisfies the foreign language requirement for the Hrst two years. Formerly, students took their language in the sophomore and junior years, but under the present system the language may be continued by the student in college without a year's lapse during which the student may forget his foreign language.